All Commissioning articles – Page 413
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NewsSky 1 picks up C4 pilot Chickens
Sky 1 has plucked Simon Bird, Jonny Sweet and Joe Thomas’ comedy Chickens from Channel 4 in a deal that will see Big Talk Productions produce its first show for the channel.
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NewsBBC3 rejigs QT spin-off
BBC3 series Young Voters’ Question Time is being overhauled, rebranded and expanded into a regular monthly format, with Formula One presenter Jake Humphrey taking on hosting duties.
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NewsEducating Essex shifts location for return to C4
Fixed-rig documentary series Educating Essex is set to be recommissioned by Channel 4 – but with the cameras moving to a new school in a different part of the country.
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NewsStephenson examines effects of fame for More 4
Psychologist Pamela Stephenson will ask Oscar winner Tatum O’Neal, former Spice Girl Mel C and actor John Hurt about the psychological impact of being famous, in a 60-minute documentary for More 4.
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NewsC4 orders Springer’s Baggage pilot in deal with Chocolate
Channel 4 is gearing up to pilot a UK version of Game Show Network’s Jerry Springer-fronted dating show Baggage.
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NewsC5 takes global road trip for Gadget Show revamp
Channel 5’s The Gadget Show is set for its biggest shake-up after 16 series, swapping its studio for an international road trip format and dropping three presenters.
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NewsC5 goes Inside the Titanic with Dangerous Films
Channel 5 has picked up the UK rights to Inside the Titanic, a big-budget factual drama from producer Dangerous Films.
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NewsFrostrup series leads Sky Arts into new era
Mariella Frostrup is to front a Sky Arts series in which the likes of Damien Hirst, Sir Paul Smith and Manolo Blahnik discuss the world’s most desirable objects before donating their own prized possessions for a charity auction.
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NewsBBC1 orders Postcode Lottery series
BBC Daytime has commissioned a new investigative series looking at how where we live can affect our life.
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NewsLOTR's Monaghan going wild for Channel 5
Dominic Monaghan, best known for roles in Lord of the Rings and Lost, to front a series for Channel 5 in which he will hunt for the world’s most dangerous and elusive insects.
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NewsRussell Tovey to star in ITV comedy pilot
ITV1 has ordered a comedy pilot based in a job centre from the makers of Rev.
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NewsSky Atlantic books Richard E Grant hotel series
Richard E Grant is to front a “luxurious” travel series for Sky Atlantic that marks the first commission for Clive Tulloh’s new indie.
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NewsCrufts gets third run on More 4
Crufts is returning to More 4 for its third year on the channel with Clare Balding presenting.
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NewsWalliams' Mr Stink adapted for BBC1
David Walliams’ best-selling children’s book Mr Stink is to be adapted as a comedy drama for BBC1.
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NewsThis World to profile China execution show
BBC2 will lift the lid on the Chinese talk show that features interviews with death row prisoners before their execution.
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NewsGok Wan turns chef for C4
Fashion stylist Gok Wan will try his hand at cooking in a Channel 4 series that will see him appearing alongside his chef father.
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NewsVictoria Wood pens Joyce Hatto biopic for BBC1
Left Bank Pictures and Octagon Films are producing a BBC1 biopic written by Victoria Wood about the pianist Joyce Hatto.
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FeaturesHannah Demidowicz, Nat Geo
Head of commissioning and acquisitions, National Geographic Channels Europe.
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NewsITV1 lines up Dwain Chambers doc
ITV1’s Tonight strand has secured exclusive access to shamed British sprinter Dwain Chambers ahead of a legal ruling that will dictate whether he can compete in the London Olympics.
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NewsYesterday sends vets to Falklands
UKTV history channel Yesterday has co-produced a documentary following two British service men as they visit the Falklands 30 years after the conflict started.